J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Yachts Sailing in the Solent 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Yachts Sailing in the Solent’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 81 Recto:
Yachts Sailing in the Solent 1827
D20723
Turner Bequest CCXXVI 77
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 192 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXXVI – 77’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Yachts are shown manoeuvring in choppy seas close to moored boats. It is unclear whether the figures on the left are in a rowing boat or on the shore, probably at Cowes. The coastline lightly indicated on the left may be the Hampshire mainland, north across the Solent from the Isle of Wight. For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
November 2015

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Yachts Sailing in the Solent 1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-yachts-sailing-in-the-solent-r1183367, accessed 20 September 2024.